Qaqun
Qaqun (Arabic: قاقون) was a Palestinian Arab village located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain.
Qaqun
قاقون Quaquo, Caco, Chaco, Kâkôn, Kakoun | |
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In the Crusader period, a castle called Caco or Cacho stood here, of which an 8.5m tower survives. | |
| Etymology: from personal name | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Qaqun (click the buttons) | |
Qaqun Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°21′36″N 34°59′43″E | |
| Palestine grid | 149/196 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Date of depopulation | 5 June 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41,767 dunams (41.767 km2 or 16.126 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,970 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | HaMa'apil, Gan Yoshiya, Ometz, ´Olesh, Haniel, Yikon |
Evidence of organized settlement in Qaqun dates back to the period of Assyrian rule in the region. Ruins of a Crusader and Mamluk castle still stand at the site. Qaqun was continuously inhabited by Arabs since at least as early as the Mamluk period and was depopulated during a military assault by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
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